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HENRY W. PUTNAM, OF CLEVELAND, OHIO.

IMPROVED MANGLE..

Specilication forming part of Letters Patent No. 36,303, dated August 26, 1562.

To aZZ whom it may concern.-

Beit known that I, HENRY W. PUTNAM, of Cleveland, in the county of Cuyahoga and State of Ohio,l have invented new and useful Improvements in Clothes-Mangles; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full and complete description of the construction and operation of the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, making part of this specification, in which- Figure 1 is a perspective view. Fig. 2 is an end view, and Fig. 3 is a vertical section.

Like letters refer to like parts.

My invention relates to the structure of the frame-work and the manner of fastening the two ends together, to the manner of attaching the machine to-the leaf of a table and to the finger-gear, by means of which the rollers are caused to inove in concert without the possibility of slipping when substances are introduced between them.

A A represent the end pieces of the frame work. These are made of cast-iron, the upper portion being hollow to receive the boxes of the upper roller and the springs that press the rollers together.

B B represent the rollers. These are made of hard wood with an .iron shaft running through their center. The journals of the lower roller, B, pass through holes drilled in the solid portion of the end pieces, as seen at C, Fig. 3. The shaft of this roller extends outward, as seen at C', for the purpose of receiving the iinger-gear and crank, hereinafter to be described.

The journals of the upper roller, B', are secured in boxes D, placed in the hollow portion of the end pieces, A, and upon each side of the boxes the end pieces are slotted, as seen at D', to allow the roller to move up and down to accommodate the various thicknesses of goods introduced.

E E represent spiral springs, thelower ends of which rest upon the boxes D, the upper ends resting against the underside of the crosspieee F. This cross-piece F, by passing through slots and holes in the upper ends of the end pieces, A, as seen at F', serves to keep the upper end of the end pieces in place. The lower ends of the end pieces are secured together by means of an apron, G, which is fastened by screws to the arms H, which extend in front from a point near the journal of the roller B. This apron serves the double purpose of a guide for the goods that are passed between the rollers and a cross-bar for the frame.

I I' represent finger-gear placed upon the shafts of the rollers B B. The teeth are so formed by being long and slim and supported upon the back by a disk that they admit of sui'licieut adjustment without binding upon each other to permit the rollers to come in contact or to be separated to any required distance for the passage of the goods between them.

K represents a foot-piece with a claw and set-screw, L, for the purpose of securing the mangle to the table.

I do lnot claim the finger-gear simply as suoli; neither do I claim the claw and setscrew L; but p NVhat Iclaim as my improvement, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

The frame-work A F G H, in combination with the rollers B B', finger-gear I I', foot-piece K, claw and set-screw L,when these parts are constructed, arranged, and operated substantially as and for the purpose set forth.

H. V. PUTNAM.

Witnesses:

J. BEAINERD, S. H. MATHER. 

